FORCE INDIA IS UNLIKELY to introduce KERS for the remaining races of the season despite initially hoping to have the system installed by July.

As part of the team’s partnership with McLaren, Force India was entitled to have access to the team’s grid-leading KERS system, which helped propel Lewis Hamilton to victory in Hungary.

With Giancarlo Fisichella [...]

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BRAWN GP has secured its long-term future in Formula 1 after signing a series of sponsorship deals through to the 2012 season.

Although the British team has fielded a largely sponsor-free car this season, Brawn GP has survived on the funding provided by Honda as part of Ross Brawn and Nick Fry’s takeover deal earlier in [...]

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RED BULL BOSS CHRISTIAN HORNER has rejected assertions the team will introduce its Renault-built KERS system for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa.

The system was initially dismissed as unnecessary and ineffectual during the early rounds of the season, with many teams dropping it in favour of added ballast.

However, McLaren’s recent KERS-inspired success has forced a [...]

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AUSTRALIA’S MARK WEBBER has lost ground in the chase for the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship after failing to score a point at the European Grand Prix.

Webber finished ninth after a botched first pit stop allowed BMW’s Robert Kubica and title rival Jenson Button to jump ahead of the Red Bull driver and push him [...]

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BRITISH STAR JENSON BUTTON has continued his march towards a maiden World Championship after securing a comfortable victory at the Turkish Grand Prix.

Button profited from a first lap error from challenger Sebastian Vettel to take command of the race to win a record-equalling sixth Grand Prix from seven starts this season.

The Brawn GP driver came [...]

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CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER Jenson Button is set to be the subject of a bidding war as teams seek to confirm driver line-ups for the 2010 season.
While Button was previously considered an underachiever, his success at the wheel of Brawn’s BGP001 has re-alerted F1 outfits to the prodigious talents he displayed in the early part of his [...]

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BRAWN GP HAS continued its dominance of Formula 1, as championship leader Jenson Button led home teammate Rubens Barrichello to cap off a stunning performance at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Starting from pole position, Button was unstoppable, inching his way around Monaco’s notoriously tight street circuit with poise to coast home for a fifth victory this [...]

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Brawn GP may soon sport a Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star after the German automaker commenced discussions to increase its involvement with the championship frontrunners.

Mercedes’ motorsport division handed Brawn a lifeline before the start of the current Formula One campaign, reaching an agreement to supply engines after Honda withdrew from the sport, leaving the outfit without a [...]

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Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello has threatened to quit Formula One if his team influenced the result of the Spanish Grand Prix through team orders.

Barrichello appeared on course to record his tenth career victory in Barcelona, capitalising on a stunning start to overtake team mate Jenson Button and streak away from the field before the [...]

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Brawn team mates Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello at Spain this weekend.

Brawn GP’s Jenson Button will start from pole position for tonight’s Spanish Grand Prix after a stunning last gasp effort denied Sebastian Vettel top spot on the grid.

Button crossed the finish line with two seconds to spare to begin his final flying lap after [...]

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BrawnGP boss Ross Brawn says Jenson Button is capable of carrying his form to the end of the season and winning the World Championship.

Button’s career appeared to be in serious doubt in December, with Honda’s withdrawal from Formula One leaving him without a drive and potentially finished as a force in the sport.

However, Brawn’s last [...]

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Photo by Carlos Álvarez Palacios.

Mercedes Benz Vice-President of Motorsport, Norbert Haug, has revealed the company’s Formula One operations are running at a profit only weeks after expressing doubts over its long term future in the sport.

Haug said Mercedes’ decision to support three teams on the F1 grid has benefited the company substantially in terms of [...]

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